False negative and positive motor evoked potentials in one patient: Is single motor evoked potential monitoring reliable method?: A case report and literature review

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Hong, Jae Young ^a   Suh, Seung Woo ^a   Modi, Hitesh N ^a   Hur, Chang Yong ^a   Song, Hae Ryong ^a   Park, Jong Hoon ^b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; MALE; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOEPIPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA;

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955929629     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d8fabb     Document Type: Article

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